Food for thought

Your goal every day is simple. You want to meet your body's need for sleep, hydration, fitness (exercise), stress management and nutrition (food).  Trying to integrate these five requirements into your daily life may seem a little daunting at first but rest easy, your KSH Certified Coach will help guide you. Here’s a quick overview of each requirement:  Sleep Medical experts generally recommend between 7-9 hours of restful sleep per night. This is especially true for people embracing the keto lifestyle.  New research suggests that a keto lifestyle may actually improve sleep quality by getting into a deep sleep cycle...

It is true what they say when you lose weight, your whole body changes, including your feet! When the weather had gotten colder, I decided to try on my beautiful size eleven stretchy, black velvet knee-high boots, which I had just bought a year prior. To my surprise, the shafts of the boots went over my knees and halfway up my thighs. Clearly, my legs are much more toned, and contoured take up much less room in my boots (Hurrah!) They were so loose and hard to walk in. After living this lifestyle for two years and exercising daily, I...

I’ve been an avid bike rider off and on for many years.  However, I haven’t biked in probably 10 years since moving from the east to west coast of the US and finally Canada.  I enjoyed biking as a kid and would spend many happy hours riding around my neighbourhood without a care in the world. I got away from biking during my college years and the early part of my professional career.  When I got into my 30s I got reintroduced by some friends and soon realized just how much I missed it. The sheer joy and simplicity of...

Are you constantly making resolutions, and frustrated that you can never accomplish them? Every year on New Year’s eve, I would make a resolution to lose unnecessary weight, to learn a new language, etc. Yet, despite the best of intentions and organization, I always failed year after year. Why? Most times, when things are not going their way will often blow it off, rationalize it isn’t the right time and decide to do it later. If this sounds familiar, take comfort that this is a common struggle. There will always be a reason not to lose weight or try something...